Mahdzir: Principals cannot order students to skip classes


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 20 Jul 2017

PUTRAJAYA: No school head has the authority to tell students to absent themselves from class just because a few teachers have to attend courses or briefings on certain days.

This was Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid’s warning, especially to one principal in Ampang, Selangor.

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